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Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don't fit their worldview

  • Written by Adrian Bardon, Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don't fit their worldviewThe more politicized an issue, the harder it is for people to absorb contradictory evidence.Drew Angerer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response on an American...

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